Sasha Costanza-Chock

RIP Twitter

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[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

Ok, I'm really done here. 17 years! It was fun while it lasted. Come find me over at

bsky: https://t.co/RcE5OwdyYX

mast: https://t.co/Gox6F8bLUr

web: https://t.co/F84639gijW

[#NoFirstUse @CostOfNukes]

@DvirHarris @MichelDeGraff @Chebky1 @WillSussmanPhD @thetech @amandasfriedman @Le_MondeDiplo @chronicle @insidehighered @GlobeIdeas @thenation @theintercept @democracynow @RaniaKhalek @MIT @MindHandHeart Make sure you explain why you think Herzl was wrong when describing his own project

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

Lil bit surprised by these multiple 'what can I do to fight fascism' posts with long lists of activities but don't even include 'find and join an antifascist political organization'

[Chi Ossé @OsseChi]

Bro, we won!

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

Governor Andy Beshear, in a Trump +30 state, gives advice to Democrats: Do not throw LGBTQ+ people under the bus, it will not work.

His advice to dems: Lead on your values.

This man ran on a fully inclusive campaign in 2023 and won. He received the same kind of ads Harris did.

[Noah Hurowitz @NoahHurowitz]

BREAKING: H.R. 9495 has FAILED to pass a vote in the House, with 256 voting yes and 145 voting no. It has failed to clear a 2/3 majority required to pass under suspension vote.

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

If people tell you gen AI is a tool rather than a replacement for human creativity, show them this new data from Harvard Business Review:

- ChatGPT reduced writing jobs by 30% and coding jobs by 20%
- AI image generators reduced image creation jobs by 17%
- These numbers are not rebounding
- The effect is bigger and faster than with other forms of automation

It’s self-evident that generative AI competes with the work it’s trained on, and the people behind that work. But there is now a growing body of evidence to support this.

https://t.co/mNTfBJGohG

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

Even if true

Pause for a tiny second to consider what that means for our planet in the long run

[Will Stancil @whstancil]

The US currently has 2% inflation, 4% unemployment, and has seen years of sustained real income growth. Americans are consuming more than ever before in history, eating out more, and taking more vacations.

Our information environment is completely broken.

[Arnaud Dyevre @ArnaudDyevre]

While scientists were more productive, they reported lower job satisfaction, mostly because their skills were under-utilized and because their tasks were more repetitive after the AI.

[Arnaud Dyevre @ArnaudDyevre]

And this is how tasks change when the AI is introduced, one of the coolest graphs of the whole paper: idea generation halves, judgement of materials doubles, experimentation slightly increases.

[Arnaud Dyevre @ArnaudDyevre]

Importantly, the *more productive* scientists--those initially producing more new materials--are gaining more from the collaboration with the AI. See the shift in new materials discovery distribution (left) and new prototype introduction by decile of productivity (right).

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

82% of materials scientists report reduced job satisfaction after introduction of AI support tools, because now they spend their time evaluating AI generated suggestions 😭

[Arnaud Dyevre @ArnaudDyevre]

I just read the paper in full; it is even more spectacular than I initially thought.
A short thread about the results and their significance.

[POLITICO @politico]

Unless Democrats understand what happened with Latino voters this year, they could be out of power for generations.

A deep dive from reporter @jherrerx 👇 https://t.co/iFnVTMONcH

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

If someone with felonies can be President, those with felonies should be able to vote, to secure housing, employment, and student loans.

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

@JoshGellers I don't disagree. Did I mention foreign policy?

I said the Dems didn't mobilize their base.

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

Biden received 81 million votes in 2020

Harris received 68 million votes in 2024

Only a very small % of 2024 Trump voters voted Biden in 2020.

3rd party votes were miniscule %

So about 10 million dem voters stayed home.

Ask yourself Why?

[aaron from queens 🇵🇸 @aaronnarraph]

AOC asked her followers who split their ballots either for Trump/her or Trump/downballot Dem to explain why and posted the replies:

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

& you don't need to go it alone. Connect, organize, get with @NoTechApartheid , #NoTechForICE, #NoTechForGenocide, @ConMijente , #TechWontBuildIt, Design Justice Network, etc

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

Hey tech workers. If you're asked to work on systems to support mass deportations, fuck those systems up as much as you can. Drag it out. Whistle blow. Leak. Shut it down.

[Lizzie @ziebrah]

actually kind of helpful that the tech billionaires have gone mask-off. liberal software engineers who have been working at companies like "ah well at least it's being run by democrats, probably not evil" look again!

[Ali Alkhatib @_alialkhatib]

just my friendly reminder to consider destroying shit:

https://t.co/h0cRuGIEmn

[Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith]

….which shows how broken the surveillance biz model powering the current centralized tech industry is.

Signal is the nervous system of secure comms globally. We are innovating while big tech is stagnating. Yet we’re fundraising donations while boring apps white labeling big tech cloud APIs are getting billion dollar valuations…